Write On! focuses on the value of writing practice and workshops to support the following goals:
To provide college education experience and writing support for incarcerated individuals
To promote meaningful engagement between MSU students and the people behind prison walls.
This program provides training for both undergraduate students and incarcerated writers to become reflective practitioners of writing. Through writing groups, workshops, and other creative activities, participants form meaningful relationships while working toward their respective career, creative, and educational goals.
Throughout its programming, Write On! emphasizes community, equity, inclusivity, and social justice and change. These pillars are critical to the work of supporting people from underserved communities while preparing college students as future leaders.
Write On! aims to support writers within and outside of institutions of incarceration in the Greater Lansing area. Through writing workshops and other opportunities for multimodal creation, the program cultivates deeper understandings of and connections with one another, as well as practical skills in writing and critical thinking.
Write On! is rooted in the philosophy of Ubuntu: an ancient African word meaning 'humanity to others.’ By resisting discrimination against vulnerable peoples and instead forwarding their gifts, Write On! expresses Ubuntu, which is often described as “'I am what I am because of who we all are” (https://abuntu.com).